Hi Dave,

On 09/09/16 04:29, Thompson, David wrote:
> No, it doesn't.  I wrote the nginx service.  The config file used is
> part of the g-expression and is absolutely not stateful.

Wait.

nckx@v5 ~$ sudo herd restart nginx
Service nginx has been stopped.
Service nginx has been started.
nckx@v5 ~$ echo syntax error >> ~/nginx/nginx.conf
nckx@v5 ~$ sudo herd restart nginx
Service nginx has been stopped.
Service nginx could not be started.

> I mean that it should throw an error before the system is made active.
> The derivation that builds the service file should fail.

I think that's what I want too :-)

Kind regards,

T G-R